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Declassified Report Detailing Intelligence Failures in the Attempted Christmas Day Bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253
May 20, 2010
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Declassified Report Detailing Intelligence Failures in the Attempted Christmas Day Bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253

Washington, DC -The Senate Intelligence Committee found 14 intelligence failures leading up to the attempted Christmas Day attack aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit, according to an unclassified report released today.

The report - announced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chairman of the committee, and Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.), Vice Chairman - lists conclusions and recommendations designed to strengthen counterterrorism efforts going forward.

http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=325036
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